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[고양=이데일리 스타in 이석무 기자] The blast of masked billiards YouTuber ‘hackers’ is terrifying. He is on the verge of winning the professional billiards PBA as he beat the ‘3 cushion 4 kings’ Frederick Coudron (Belgium Welcome Savings Bank).
The hacker defeated Kim Nam-soo (TS Shampoo) with a set score of 3-1 (15-5 15-6 15-12) in the PBA quarterfinals of the ‘TS Shampoo PBA-LPBA Championship 2021’, a professional billiards event held at Sono Camp Goyangseo, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 21st. advanced to the quarterfinals.
The hacker overturned the billiards world by beating Coudron, who is recognized as the strongest in the world, with a set score of 3-0 in the round of 32 match held on the 19th. Then, in the round of 16 the day before, he defeated veteran Kim Jong-won (TS Shampoo) with a set score of 3-1 and made his way to the quarterfinals.
The hackers did not know how to stop even in the quarterfinals. The hacker beat the baseline by scoring 15 points in 5 innings of one set. He spit out his flair by successfully hitting three 2-point bank shots on five high runs. The average for one set was a whopping 3.000.
The 2nd and 3rd sets were tough. It was a long game that went up to 14 innings and 18 innings each. The hacker didn’t show as much overwhelming skill as the first set. However, as Nam-su Kim struggled, the flow shifted to hackers. In the end, the hacker won the second set 15-6, and then even won the third set 15-12, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In an interview after the match, the hacker humbly said, “I thought I was in good shape when I finished the first set quickly, but as I entered the second set, I played passively and the game went into a mess.” said.
He continued, “I never thought about it, but I am so happy that I made it to the semi-finals, and my heart is full,” he added.
The hacker will face Spain’s David Martinez (Crown Hatae) in the semifinals. Martinez advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Kim Dong-seok 3-0 in the quarterfinals.
Another semi-final will be Nguyen Huyin Phuong Lin (Vietnam, NH Nonghyup Card) versus Lim Jun-hyeok. Nguyen defeated Kang Seung-yong with a set score of 3-2 in the quarterfinals. Lim Jun-hyeok defeated Oh Seong-wook (Shinhan Financial Investment) 3-1.
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